Post by Aubrey on Jul 21, 2019 18:15:47 GMT -6

A few weeks ago, he had noticed a strange tingling sensation in his wings. At the time, he had thought nothing of it, not even when it persisted--- it hadn't been painful back then.

He hadn't expected his wings to fall off. He hadn't expected any of what came after--- the urge to run away somewhere quiet and hidden, to dig until his hands were raw and submerse himself in the dirt. By then, it was the only thing that quelled the horrible itching that had plagued him everywhere, constantly, driving him nearly insane with it.

In the dirt, it had been quiet for a time. Aubrey had thought that maybe he was dying, that this was the life cycle of a Harachiu. Not much was known about how they aged after they attained their wings in adulthood, after all; Aster had said as much. If he was dying, then he was doing so without much cause for regret. He only wished that he had known, so he could have bid his family goodbye.

But death didn't come, and after some time, Aubrey's consciousness resurfaced to something more like waking again. In the end, it was hunger that drove him to dig himself out. If it had been a normal sort of hunger, he might have stayed where he was; he didn't want to prolong the process of his own passing, and the memory of the terrible itching was still fresh in his mind. But the hunger was almost as all-consuming. His body seemed to move almost of its own accord. His senses narrowed, searching for anything that seemed even remotely edible, driven by the sharp pain that had lodged itself somewhere in his gut.

The woods--- the woods behind the house--- everything was a blur. Berries, roots, leaves. Carrion. The stench of it--- he remembered that. Remembered retching at the edge of a creek after, the spasms tearing through his body as though they were bigger than he was.

Through the haze of pain, a thought was forming: a doctor. He needed to find a doctor. Maybe they would know... Gods, he just wanted this to stop. He couldn't fly anymore, and he had little in the way of bearings. It was luck alone that he managed to stumble onto a road. He nearly sagged in relief when he saw it. If he followed this, then surely...

But before he could finish the thought, his vision spun, and everything went dark all at once.

Post by Jewel on Sept 23, 2019 14:31:19 GMT -6

The first thing Jewel thought when he saw the boy at the roadside was that he'd stumbled upon a dead body.

Tendrils of terror coiled around his heart and squeezed, threatening to send him spiralling into bottomless panic. What the hell was he supposed to do? The figure was motionless, sprawled as if he'd fallen there, like a puppet with its strings cut. There was a flicker of hope in the fae's heart that it was a discarded mannequin that had landed in an unfortunate position. When he teetered forwards towards it, though, he could see its chest rising and falling. It was alive. The only dummy there was him.

He could've made a run for it. They couldn't see him, had no idea he was there - he could bolt and pretend he was never involved, and no one would be any the wiser. Except him. He would know that he'd left someone who needed help to their fate, however grisly it would turn out to be.

Jewel was capable of great unpleasant feats, but that level of selfishness went beyond the boundaries of mean, and into those of inhuman.

As he jogged over with his pulse pounding, he cursed himself a thousand times. Could he not have brought a creature with him? Eilonwi was always around, but had decided to sit the trip to the city out in favour of sunning herself. It was all down to him.

"God damn it, okay," He hissed. Closer inspection confirmed the person to be small, small enough to be childlike, and that made his stomach roll. Surely not. He'd seen members of his own species shorter than the stranger was, but they looked so tiny in that collapsed heap. "Hey. Hey, can you hear me? Hello?"

There was no way of telling how long they'd been there. Minutes? Hours? It couldn't be days, there was no way. Jewel crouched beside them, but didn't make any attempt to move them in fear of disturbing an injury he couldn't see. No dropped ID, no other tracks, nothing to hint at who they might be or where they came from.

"Please be okay, please be okay..."

The only other feasible option if they couldn't be roused was to carry them back to the closest house.

Post by Aubrey on Oct 13, 2019 11:30:16 GMT -6

It had just been a moment of dizziness. That was what Aubrey had thought, but the next thing he knew, there was a voice somewhere above him. The words were indistinct, but he thought it sounded as though they were pleading...

His eyes fluttered open. "I---" he said. "Where am I?" He didn't recognize his surroundings, and his thoughts were still filled with a haze. Trying to concentrate through it felt like trying to see through fog. His body felt weak, and everything was so heavy... But then he remembered a little, remembered how long it had been since his body had felt right at all.

Slowly, his vision cleared a little more, and a face came into focus. Not one he recognized, he realized with a start.

"O-Oh! I, uh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean..." He stammered as he struggled to stand, rolling over and raising himself to his knees, before a wave of nausea overtook him again. He doubled over and heaved, but for better or for worse, there was nothing left to come up.

Post by Jewel on Oct 13, 2019 14:12:06 GMT -6

Where were they? Jewel took a moment to scan the area for a discerning landmark or sign, but there was nothing of the like to be found. Great. He must've been walking with his head in the pocket to get that far without noticing where he was going. They couldn't be that far from the housing complexes, though, which meant the city was nearby, and they could get to a doctor fast if that was necessary--

"Woah, slow down," He shot his arm out to support the stranger, patting his back in case his retches needed any assistance. "You'll hurt yourself."

Maybe it was too late for that kind of warning, but he couldn't see any obvious injuries. No blood, no gore - not even bruising, from first observations. He was no doctor, but going off of that, the problem was likely to be an internal sickness rather than an external trauma, and that was more concerning for the simple fact of it not being visible. What the hell could he do if he couldn't tell what the issue was?

"Don't be sorry. What happened?" Jewel asked, doing his best not to sound hasty or badgering; that was the last thing anyone needed when they were ill. "You fell? How do you feel?"

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Morgan: No one knows yet. But I did want to make it clear that the jar itself isn't used for lotine husbandry in any way. c:Jun 5, 2020 4:24:19 GMT -6*

Twilight-Claw: I'm only assuming that it does something similar like a Fungal Beast that infects a Leaf-scatter. (the one with moss and I think it was a pink flower growing on the head.)Jun 5, 2020 4:18:34 GMT -6

Morgan: The lolatic doesn't disappear after one use, and can be reused on the same lotine when it is allowed to 'infect' a lotine- to my knowledge.Jun 5, 2020 1:41:37 GMT -6

Morgan: The only effect/thing that the jar can be used for is to open up into a lolatic. The jar itself has no use in lotine breedings.Jun 5, 2020 1:39:52 GMT -6

Twilight-Claw: and the jar is then gone, if with the creature I am more guessing with this the creature doesn't disappear and it has unlimited use.Jun 5, 2020 0:17:55 GMT -6

Twilight-Claw: Something else I am wondering about with the Lotine breeding is whether one would use the jar the Lolatic comes from in the breeding, or actually the creature itself. I'm assuming with it if its the jar, then it gives people only one shot in a breeding, Jun 5, 2020 0:16:08 GMT -6

Twilight-Claw: Then using it in my rps is definitely just for the sake of rp's and not for anything additional. Jun 5, 2020 0:12:17 GMT -6

Renathan: There's no additional effect for adding a fish to a magical berry in a lotine breeding. Magical Berry is kinda it's own thing. Adding a fish for roleplay value shouldn't hurt, but it has no effect when used on a magical berry lotine breeding.Jun 4, 2020 22:27:14 GMT -6

Twilight-Claw: be just for the sake of rp, and perhaps seeing if it might lent a bigger chance to multiple offspring with unique pattern. X3Jun 4, 2020 15:31:01 GMT -6

Twilight-Claw: I think your right on it being unlimited use yeah, although.. *cough* I only found out a couple hours after I started writing that I had yet to buy the fish in question so used the one you could get for free as a replacement, it still was meant to mostly Jun 4, 2020 15:30:59 GMT -6

Riku: From what I loosely understand about the fish is that it isn't one-use, whereas the berry is. I feel like there wouldn't be any consequence of 'using' the fish...which I'd think just ooc wouldn't be counted for whatever rolls or whatever it is that it usesJun 3, 2020 14:14:30 GMT -6

Twilight-Claw: Thanks for that piece of info Ren! <3 | But would it be allowed for the flavor of the rp if the berry wasn't filling enough for the Lotine? Jun 1, 2020 6:09:21 GMT -6*

Renathan: There is no need to double up on a fish and a magical berry (doesn't change the effect of the berry at all) in a lotine breeding.Jun 1, 2020 6:02:21 GMT -6

Twilight-Claw: Does anyone know if it is possible to combine both a magical berry and a fish in a Lotine breeding? Or is you can only choose one of them? (right now writing a Lotine breeding) Jun 1, 2020 5:36:49 GMT -6

Twilight-Claw: I am still interested in trading it for a green drake. Jun 1, 2020 0:31:33 GMT -6